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I am currently affiliated with the military (never been deployed, not Active Duty), and I'm just going to clear some things up with those of you who are curious as to why there is opposition to this. The issue brought up as to the harm the DADT repeal would cause our military is that of making soldiers uncomfortable, which could cause dissociation and lack of morale. It's been shown that over half of the combat arms troops (infantry, armor, artillery, etc.) were against a repeal, as were the majority of flag grade officers (colonels, generals) polled. I feel that looking into these officers perspectives more thouroughly would have been beneficial, as for the most part, this debate took place between civillian lawmakers. On a personal level I don't care if someone is gay, as long as they don't start coming onto people in the shower, hooch, etc. I believe it is at least reasonable to be uncomfortable sharing a shower or foxhole with a gay person (I have been called a bigot for this, although I don't see how being uncomfortable makes me a bigot).
Long story short, people worry about it making soldiers uncomfortable, and therefore distracting them from the job at hand.
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